Archive for August, 2009

July 2009 NEBA results

August 4, 2009

NEBA reported Stephen Dale Jr. as the winner of the tournament on July 25 and 26 at AMF Holiday Lanes in Somerset, MA. Dale defeated Scott Santos by a score of 212-204 in the championship match. For bowlers associated with Westgate Lanes, Brian Egan and Alex Aguiar also cashed.

Congratulations also to Rob Grexer and Tony Reynaud, who both had perfect 300 games during qualifying.

Aug. 3 practice

August 3, 2009

Despite feeling a bit drained from the weekend, I hit the practice lanes today in the hopes that a good session could energize me for the rest of the week. I largely succeeded: I overcame a slow start in the first game to get a game in the 190s, and everything came together in the last game, where I left 2 shots out right (one of which led to my only open of the game, when I peeled the 2 off the 2-4-8), but was throwing the ball well otherwise to score a 211. Other than first ball work with the Hy-Road, I experimented with going back to using my strike ball for my left-side spares, and I was finding myself more consistent making them on that side. I may end up using my plastic ball for only my 6 and 10 pins (or any other leave where I have to hit the 6 pin full, even if it isn’t there, such as with the baby split).